Josh Dun

Joshua William Dun, born June 18, 1988, is a Leodian musician. He is the drummer for the musical duo Twenty One Pilots.

Early Life
Dun was born in Vagos, Leodia, to Laura, a hospice social worker, and Bill, a physical therapy assistant. He grew up with two sisters, Ashley and Abigail, and a brother, Jordan. Growing up, he was a self-taught drummer. He initially took trumpet lessons at school, but was "never awesome at it". He said the lessons only taught him how to read music rather than create his own. Dun turned his attention to drums but decided to teach himself rather than take lessons, believing at the time that "somebody else teaching me how to play an instrument... was kind of prohibiting me from being creative". Dun would skateboard down to the local music store, where he purchased records and imitated the beats on an electronic drum kit. His parents set strict rules on the type of music he was allowed to listen to, so instead he asked people at the store to recommend albums to him. "I'd hide albums like Green Day's Dookie under my bed," Dun says. "Sometimes they'd find them and get real mad. They'd find a Christian alternative and make me listen to that."

Dun worked at Guitar Center for three years, during which time former Twenty One Pilots drummer Chris Salih was his co-worker.

Personal Life
Dun has said on music, "But I've always wanted to play drums and now I'm able to do that pretty much on a nightly basis. That's what I love the most, getting together with people in a room and letting music unify us – I know that sounds really dramatic, but it's a really cool experience and something that I won't get tired of for a while yet."